Monday, August 19

Do you miss the creamy mac and cheese you always knew and loved due to food allergies or an intolerance to dairy? Well, did I find a recipe for YOU!I haven't made mac and cheese with "real" cow's milk cheese, milk and butter for at least 3 years now (since we found out Little Guy had food allergies to cow's milk among other things). I've been making another gluten free and vegan mac and cheese recipe as a substitute. It's definitely a tasty dish, but the mac and cheese from Daiya's recipe page is my new favorite. It's completely rich, creamy and decadent. YUM.

Here are the ingredients I used:

Gluten-free quinoa pasta

Ricemilk

Daiya cheddar style shreds

Vegan Gourmet cream cheese

Earth balance "butter"

It's just about the easiest gluten-free and dairy-free easy mac you could make. You just make and drain the pasta, add the cream cheese and melt it in the same pot, add the cheese in small portions, then add the butter and milk. Note on 12/2/13: Sadly, Daiya removed the recipe and I never copied it down! My next "to-do" is to try to recreate this recipe and post it soon!

I gave Little guy a nice plate of his dairy-free mac and cheese along with some broccoli and bean salad (yes I make this bean salad a lot, but little guy likes it a lot!). He LOVED everything, and said the mac and cheese was mmmm, creamy.

I froze the rest of the mac and cheese on a cookie sheet, lined with parchment paper. I separated them into small portions, and once they were frozen I put them in a freezer bag in the freezer. I love having serving size portions of ready-made mac and cheese that are easy to pop in the microwave and eat!

Leave a comment below before Friday, August 23, 2013 about your favorite meal made with Daiya, or how you'd like to use it! I'll randomly choose one comment and mail you 5 Daiya coupons for free Daiya products.

Although Daiya did send me coupons to try their cheese (which I actually already used and depended on!), Daiya did not sponsor this post. My views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my own.

Wow, that mac and cheese looks fantastic! I can't wait to try to make it. Daiya is such a revolutionary product; I use it for everything from grilled cheese sandwiches to vegan "chicken" parmesan, and it melts perfectly every single time. Love it!!!

Hi Nichole,You're right, Daiya changed their recipe page. I've emailed a Daiya representative to try to get the recipe for you! In the meantime, here's my other mac and cheese recipe that works nicely. It's not as creamy as this one, but we find it satisfies our mac and cheese craving too!